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  • 2021-06-28 (xsd:date)
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  • ‘God’s Hand’ heart-shaped ‘pond’ in Zimbabwe? No, quarry lake in Crimea (en)
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  • A photo of a large heart-shaped body of water in a mountainous landscape is circulating on Facebook with the claim that it shows a pond called God’s hand, in Zimbabwe . This pond named ‘God’s Hand’ is found in Buchwa, Mberengwa District, Midlands province, a typical caption reads. The Buchwa mountain range is in the Mberengwa district of Zimbabwe’s Midlands . But was the photo really taken there? We investigated. ‘Kadykovsky’ quarry in Balaklava Africa Check uploaded the photo onto TinEye reverse image search , and found it on the Alamy stock image website. Sunrise over heart shaped blue quarry lake, its caption reads . Fluxing limestone Kadykovsky quarry, Balaklava, Crimea. One of the lowest points of Crimea is in Sevastopo. The photo was taken in April 2020 and is credited to Mykola Grabchuk . The Balaklava distric t is an administrative area of the city of Sevastopol in the Crimean peninsula . Crimea, once part of Ukraine , was annexed by Russia in 2014. The photo of the quarry lake was taken from an angle that made it appear heart-shaped. Viewed from above, on Google Maps , its shape is less meaningful. Other photos of the lake, found on Shutterstock, bear this out. The photo shows a quarry lake in Crimea, not God’s Hand pond in Zimbabwe. (en)
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